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Born into a poor family, witnessed the tragedy of his mother and his baby sister getting killed by his father in front of his eyes, a serious car accident, which he was first pronounced dead that left him partially deaf and gave him gestural and speaking difficulties, which later became part and parcel of his eccentric personality, a tumultuous relationship with a movie actress and singer who is 21 years older than him. Muslum found his redemption in music from the initial trauma that lingered over his musical and personal life as "internalizing the grief. He rose through his ashes of shattered dreams like a phoenix. He walked in darkness, sang songs filled with sorrow which stirred people's souls and created a cult following. They were calling him "Baba" (The Father). First he was the Father of the young, low-income urban misfits or rejects. With his eccentric personality, tender, mournful, resonant unique baritone voice and his unconventional vocal style, lyrics that conceal much of...

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At a certain point in the movie, Müslüm is going to buy his brand new red Mercedes. When his driver/manager goes inside to ask where the owner is of the car dealer shop, you see the older version of Müslüm sitting there on the chair, leaning on the table. If you listen carefully you'll also hear him answering the question of the driver/manager asking for where the owner is. He answers with; there he is. See more »